Ginestra degli Schiavoni, Benevento, Campania, Italy Genealogy

Guide to Ginestra degli Schiavoni municipality, Italy ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History[edit | edit source]

The area was inhabited as follows:

Original Samnite-Irpinian settlement, likely Chiana Sant'Angelo.
The term "Ginestra" appears in documents from 1100 (Norman domination).
Possible Slavic (Schiavoni) population after the mid-15th century.
It was uninhabited at one point in the 15th century, and then repopulated.

Jurisdictions:

Norman domination.
Angevins.
Paganos.
De Sabrans.
Sforzas.
Marziales (1495).
Carafas.
Caracciolos (1579).
Spinas (early 17th century).
Ciaburros (1617-1938).
Principato Ultra (1743-1811).
Capitanata, district of Bovino (1811-1861).
Province of Benevento (since 1861).

Major events:

The Via Minucia and Via Traiana influenced the location's importance.
The town was at one point uninhabited during the 15th century.
1688 earthquake.^[1]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Census[edit | edit source]

Church Records[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

1809-1860 Registri dello stato civile di Ginestra degli Schiavoni (HBenevento) 1809-1860(*); Ginestra degli Schiavoni (Benevento). Ufficio dello stato civile at FamilySearch Catalog - images
1861-1942 Italia, Benevento, Ginestra degli Schiavoni. Stato civile(*); Archivio di Stato di Benevento at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Repositories[edit | edit source]

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Archives[edit | edit source]

Libraries[edit | edit source]

Societies[edit | edit source]

Research Helps[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Ginestra degli Schiavoni," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginestra_degli_Schiavoni, accessed 10 April 2025.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Ginestra degli Schiavoni," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginestra_degli_Schiavoni, accessed 10 April 2025.

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